Air The
Arendal Airport, Gullknapp is a
general aviation airport located outside of Arendal city. The airport was founded in 1984 with a long runway.
Arendal Airport, Rådhuskaien is a former water airport in the cove of downtown Arendal, but it is now closed.
Farsund Airport, Lista is a former public airport located with
Lista. It opened in 1941 and closed in 1999. The airport was located at
Lista.
Mandal Airfield is a former military owned airport that is now closed.
Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik is the only public
airport in Southern Norway, in 2014 there were over 1 million travelers from the airport. Kjevik Airport has destinations to charter places,
European cities and some of the largest
Norwegian cities. The Airport opened in 1918 and is located at
Tveit, from downtown Kristiansand, Kvadraturen. The IATA code is
KRS and ICAO is
ENCN. It is owned by
Avinor.
Kristiansand Airport, Kongsgårdbukta is a former water-airport located at
Lund from 1934 to 1939.
Kristiansand Naval Air Station is also a former water-airport located at
Tangen from 1919 to 1949.
Bus All bus lines and buses in Southern Norway are owned by
Agder Kollektivtrafikk (AKT).
Nettbuss serves the
Kristiansand Region with local blue buses. In Kristiansand, the city buses are in service every day from 4:00 AM until 1:00 AM, extra night buses during the weekend and direct/extra buses during the rush hours.
Setesdal Bilruter serves the
Setesdal,
Østre Agder, and
Lillesand areas. Line 100 goes connects
Arendal–
Grimstad–
Lillesand–
Kristiansand. Bus lines from Setesdal go to both Arendal and Kristiansand. Line 150 goes from Arendal to
Tvedestrand and
Risør.
Sørlandsruta serves the coastal towns and villages in Vest-Agder county. Line 200 is the main line going from Kristiansand to
Mandal,
Vigeland,
Lyngdal, and
Farsund. Some of the buses collaborate with the local buses from Lyngdal to Flekkefjord and Kvinesdal.
Roads The
European route E18 highway goes through Aust-Agder county to the east side of
Kristiansand. The E18 goes near the shore and coastal towns and ends at Kristiansand. The
European route E39 highway starts at the Kristiansand ferry port where it connects to
Denmark and from the ferry port it heads west through Vest-Agder county. The E39 also follows the shore and coastal towns all the way to
Stavanger and beyond in Western Norway.
Norwegian National Road 9 starts in Kristiansand and up to
Evje and through
Setesdal.
Norwegian National Road 41 starts in
Tveit in Kristiansand, and goes past the Airport, it continues to Birkenes and Åmli in Aust-Agder and continues to
Telemark county. Norwegian County Road 43 goes from Farsund and Lista to Lyngdal and Eiken in Hægebostad.
Sea From the Kristiansand harbour, there are ferries from Kristiansand to
Hirtshals in
Denmark three times daily. In Arendal, there are local ferries to the island of
Tromøya.
Train Trains from Oslo to Stavanger go through the entire Southern Norway region. There are trains from
Oslo Central Station to
Kristiansand Station and from
Stavanger Station to Kristiansand Station. From
Nelaug Station there is a local train going to
Arendal Station, since the main railroad runs inland and not along the coast at Arendal. ==Economy==